More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.
So is there a case that marines don’t count then?
That’s a good question, the Marines are Navy adjacent, so I’m not sure how that works.
It’s weird that the act was updated to include the Air Force though since it was written in 1878.
The Air Force wasn’t officially founded until 1947. The Marines have been around since 1775.